Western Dedicated Freight Corridor: Cost, Status and Completion Date

The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) freight corridor in India stretching 1,506 km. It runs between Dadri in Uttar Pradesh (near Delhi ) and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai , Raigad District , Maharashtra . The corridor has been developed by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), a public-sector undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways , and has double-line electrified operation. It also includes a new single-line branch connecting Prithla in Palwal district to Tughlakabad in Delhi , running parallel to the existing New Delhi – Faridabad – Palwal railway line. The Western DFC is dedicated exclusively to freight, operating at higher speeds and with greater load-carrying capacity than conventional lines. The primary commodities it will carry include fertilizers, food grains, salt, coal, iron, steel

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